I tried and failed miserably at spinning. I used to yo-yo a bit but fell out of the hobby. Then I got a set of begleri beads and could do some simple stuff but transfers(like with pen spinning) just did not like me lol. I even made a homemade pen spin mod from a Bic at one point. I've also looked into knucklebones as well because it seems maybe easier? But the cost of entry is a bit higher than an old Bic pen.

I don't think fabric rubbing is at all weird! I know Taggies exist for early childhood sensory but I've always gravitated towards the corduroy style tags and not so much the silk ones. But also my SO called me out a few weeks ago for only wearing tagless t-shirts so there is that. I think the fabric might work for me if it came with few other functions? There is a magnet slider by Prits that has a worry stone groove in it that I feel might do the same thing. I almost got it over the micarta.

For keyboards, one of my hobbies is actually mechanical keyboards. I have 2 hot-swap boards both with tactiles. I have a few soldered with low pro tactiles. And I recently built a low profile clicky board. I love the snap of clickies but not so much the sound(when around other people since it can bug them) so I gravitated towards big tactile bumps. When typing fast it can feel amazing. I might make a keychain out of a leftover clicky though. 🤔

I like buying stims that also have a function outside of being stims. It makes me feel less guilty about retail therapy. It also doubles by letting me stim in front of neurotypicals without ever being bothered for it.

I feel this. My main right now is a magnetic slider and it ends up coming out in social interactions a lot. I get a bit self conscious about it at times. My last job interview didn't go well and I feel like part of it was that. I think that is part of why I wanted to make this post is maybe glean some from the stealth/sleeper fidgets. There was a magnetic pen I saw the other day that comes apart and you can sort of stack the pieces or build things.

Do you have any recs for fidgets with another function?

I think a wearable isn't too far outside the realm of possibilities. I used to wear candy bracelets back in high school when I thought I was a cool raver lol.

Ironically our oldest is a chewer. We got him a few rubberized chew toys pretty early after his diagnosis(ADHD) and he chewed right through the first one we got him.

I'm not much of an actual ring wearer, otherwise the spinning one would have already been bought. My SO has one she wore for a bit.

Antimatter Dimensions is probably the best game ever made.

Idk why but I guess I just never think about repurposing stuff for fidgeting with that I already have. Also def yes on clamshell and slide keyboard phones lol.

Do you have a link? I've been thinking of getting something like this for ages.

So long story shortish but I should have seen this as a sign. I used to have really long hair and would twirl it and then sort of group a section and push down on the ends. I would also rub and pull on my goatee. I am back to full beard and the habit came right back lol. This is a build in fidget I think I have finally embraced lol.

I may have looked into these already lol ❤️

Dumb question maybe but does it actually feel like edamame?

Curious about this. Would you be willing to share a pic of it? I occasionally peruse some of the DIY fidget stuff but I lack in the creativity dept.

That's amother for worry beads. I think I should have went with those instead of belgeri beads. I like the clacky rattle noises they make from the videos I watched.

the 3x3x3 ones were way too easy (i was never about speed but about fidgeting) so i just started getting the odd sized bigger ones and have used a 7x7x7 for a while now. i don't like the even sized ones cause i don't feel like learning the parity solving algo

I think I can keep an eye out for stuff like that that could have fidget potential. Someone else in this thread mentioned a bottlecap.

Overshare time but I was never a nailbiter but I am a nose picker(sorry if it's gross) and only really recently made the connection that it's a stim. Idk why but I sort of equate the two.

G-2 and Zebra have the best click. I don't handwrite a whole lot so I guess I never considered basically the OG fidget. Zebra is a bonus because they use smear-free ink and I'm a lefty leftist.